Mike, > (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 421 4.3.2 Service shutting down, closing > channel (in reply to end of DATA command))
amavisd-new is closing its end of the session. This only happens when it encounters a serious problem. Look into its log to see what the problem was. > This appears to be Amavisd-new rejecting the message from being accepted > for scanning. It is not rejecting a message, it is failing, telling MTA to retry later (hoping you will fix the problem meanwhile). > Most mail seems to be coming through fine, so in general > the system is working. I looked into the issue and noticed that every > message that is being rejected has a '?' (question-mark) character as part > of the sender address. Is amavisd-new intentionally rejecting this > messages? No, it is not rejecting messages simply because of unusual characters in a mail address. > If so wouldn't it be better to reject using a 500 code rather > than a 400? No, it is a temporary failure, and you are supposed to track it down and fix the problem. If 5xx were used, message would be bounced, quite likely unwarrantedly. > All the messages causing this message do appear to be Spam BTW, so > delivery isn't an issue. It's just that they're cluttering up the queue. Look in amavisd log, turn up log level if necessary, fix the problem which is causing processing shutdown. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
